John Barrowman hits back at complaints over Torchwood sex scene

Torchwood star
John Barrowman has hit back at viewers who complained about a gay sex scene in a recent episode of the show.

Not happy: John Barrowman blasted viewers who complained about some of Torchwood’s racier scenes (Picture: AFP/Getty)

The actor – who plays Captain Jack in the sci-fi drama – was responding to claims from irate viewers that the scene contained ‘too much gay content’ – but he pointed out that a clear warning had been given at the start of the programme.

‘When you watch Torchwood there is a warning at the very beginning that some scenes may offend or disturb people,’ he said. ‘So if you allow your children to sit and watch it with you that’s your responsibility, not ours any more.’

The actor also expressed amazement that there were complaints about the sex scene which appeared during the current Miracle Day series – but the violence in the show did not appear to upset the audience.

‘We kissed, we held each other, we lay on top of each other in bed – and there were lots of complaints about that,’ he said.

Controversial: The recent gay sex scene in Torchwood attracted many complaints – but Barrowman said audiences were warned about the content (Picture: BBC)

‘Nobody complained that I was shot in the head four times, there were burning people in ovens, that I was stabbed by a mob of 50 people hundreds of times and I was hanging dripping my blood in a pit.”So that’s what confuses me, because you’re not complaining about gay sex, you’re complaining about two men kissing,’ he pointed out.’For people to complain, that’s your prerogative – but you know what, none of them turned it off! They were just embarrassed because it put them in a position where they had to explain things to their kids or their family which probably should have been explained a long time ago.’

The final episode of the current series of Torchwood will be screened on BBC One on Thursday night at 9pm.